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MS FOOTDALL SEASON ENDS AT SCIIOELLIfflPF, 5B Binghamton stops the Little Red in a matchup of Section 4 football powers 'LLOYD'S PRAYER' A THEATRICAL DELIGHT, 12B Kitchen Theater presents a witty parable cloaked in laughter BRONCOS STOP THE GIANTS, 4B New York's 3-game win streak comes crashing down at Denver PLUS: Bridge, 11B Calendar, 11B Classified, 7B-1 OB Landers, 11B orts The Ithaca Journal Monday, November 16, 1992 Section Sports Editor Frank Benson 274-9214 a i Bombers gem dowim Presidents 15) if i 200th career win for coach Butterfield By TOM FLEISCHMAN Journal Staff Things were looking mighty grim for the Ithaca College football team nine minutes into Saturday's regular-season finale. The Washington Jefferson Presidents were having it their way a huge offensive line was blowing gaping holes into the Bomber defense. "They were big, for sure," IC defensive tackle Ralph Jones said. "They go 275 (pounds) across the board, with a couple of 300-pounders." Those goliaths paved the way for touchdown drives of 69 and 80 yards, and before the 2,522 fans at Butterfield Stadium could warm their seats, it was 13-0. Bomber head coach Jim Butterfield, who's seen plenty of football in his 64 years, knew it was far from over.

"I was going up and down the sideline saying, 'Poise and concentration. Don't panic, we'll get he said. Ithaca got it in a big way. The Bombers regrouped, made up the 13-point deficit with two scores in the final three minutes of the first quarter and went on to rout 47-28. The win was the 200th in Butter-field's illustrious career, and it assured Ithaca of a spot in the upcoming NCAA Division III playoffs.

Butterfield's 26-year record is 200-66-1, including a 21-7 record in postseason games. The Bombers (9-1) learned Sunday afternoon their first-round playoff foe will be Buffalo State (7-2), a team IC had trouble with three weeks ago before winning, 21-13 (see Page 1A). Butterfield thought the 13-0 hill to climb might have just been what his team needed Saturday. "I'm not absolutely sure, but it might have served as somewhat of a goad for us," he said. "Our kids really came alive, and our defense made its adjustments and handled it.

Possibly it was a i i BILL WARRENJournal Staff CRUNCH: Washington and Jefferson Ts Bryan Bandes, center, is brought down by a host of Ithaca College defenders Saturday. Toll it DO DC This week's question: Do you think deer hunting should be outlawed in New York state? Why or Why not? Call The Journal sports line 274-9215 and tell us your opinion. A selection of reader's responses, with names and addresses, will be published in Saturday's sports pages. BRIEFLY Cornell wins Ivy volleyball CAMBRIDGE, Mass. The! Cornell volleyball team captured its second consecutive Ivy League Championship with a come-from-behind five set win over Penn in the finals Sunday.

The Big Red won the first set 15-7, but dropped the next two 14-16 and 11-15. But Cornell rallied to win the final two sets. Cornell took the fourth 15-7, but trailed 14-12 in the fifth and Penn had the serve. The Big Red were able to stay alive, and freshman Priya Vasudev eventually served out the final three points of the match, giving Cornell a 16-14 win in set five. Jenn Drais led the way with 15 kills in the championship match, while Michele Kizorek had ten kills, and Vasudev seven kills.

Jen Straz-za helped out with 38 setter assists and 22 digs. Cornell has won 13 of their last 14 matches, the lone loss coming to Penn on October 30. The Big Red are 19-7 on the season. Knicks ink forward Herb Williams NEW YORK (AP) Herb Williams, a free agent forward who played for Dallas last season, agreed to a multiyear contract with the New York Knicks on Sunday. Williams, 34, spent 7Yi seasons with the Mavericks after 7Vi seasons with Indiana.

He averaged 11.5 points and 6.1 rebounds last season. To make room for Williams, the Knicks placed Bo Kimble on the injured list with bursitis. Former SU star finds home in CFL HAMILTON, Ontario (AP) Former Syracuse quarterback Don McPherson has earned a reputation for thriving on pressure in the CFL. "You can tell by the outcome of today's game I like pressure," McPherson said after he rallied the Hamilton Tiger-Cats to a 29-28 victory over Ottawa Rough in the Eastern Division semifinal Sunday. "To me, it's the best time to play football." Hamilton trailed 21-13 with 11 minutes to go when MacPherson replaced starter Damon Allen.

Ottawa increased its lead to 28-13 before MacPherson threw two touchdown passes and set up Paul Osbaldiston's game-winning field goal with 1 1 seconds to go. "Everyone gets real tight, that's when I get more comfortable," he said. "I throw the ball better when I'm comfortable, when I'm calm, and I'm calm when there's more pressure on me." Bills at Dolphins, ABC, WHCU, WPIE, 9 p.m. Knicks at Blazers, MSG, 10 p.m. TODAY'S fp555 1H Bob Ferrigno's Bomber record.

"When you're running in space, it's so much easier," he said. "That's what happens when everybody does their jobs, and hopefully we'll continue to do so." Ithaca quarterback Joe Fitzgerald rebounded from three straight off games he completed 9 of 17 passes for 101 yards and two touchdowns. Last week in a 22-20 loss at Cortland State, Fitzgerald was 1-for-l 1 for 15 yards. "My team stuck behind me the Jon Genese added 11. defense among the best in the nation in several statistical categories was torn to shreds by the the Bomber offense.

John Luc-khardt, the Presidents' coach, praised Ithaca's execution of the option an offense his team hasn't seen since 1989, when it last played IC. "I've coached against Oklahoma's option, and these guys run the option as well in terms of their See BOMBERS, 3B whole way," said Fitzgerald, who slipped from first to fifth in the upstate Division III quarterback ratings in the last three weeks. "Hey, last week was bad, but we shrugged that off," he added. "They believed in me, and we came back." Ithaca outgainied the Presidents, 541-398 yards, in a performance reminiscent of the team's Stagg Bowl championship run of a year ago. Free safety Jack Schuster led the defense with 14 tackles; linebacker The Associated Press Andrzejewski rolls past CU's Will Appling watches.

Bill Lazor became the first Cornell quarterback to throw for 400 yards in a game. It was a memorable day for the junior from Scran-ton, Pa. I le set 1 1 school records in defeat: most pass attempts, game, 59 most completions, game, 37 most passing yards, game, 400 most total offense, game, 409 7) 'VW Columbia's shocker knocks Red out of Ivy picture '5VQ Vi-r- stimulus to our offensive kids, as well." Ithaca senior fullback Jeff Wit-tman had a career day, carrying 33 times for a school-record 272 yards and a pair of second-half touchdowns. Wittman broke his own record of 270 yards, set in the regular-season finale in 1990 against C.W. Post.

"The offense did a great job, the blocks were there," said Wittman, whose total gave him 1,301 yards for the season, just six yards short of Ivy League Football Standings Team W-L Princeton 6-0 Dartmouth 5-1 Cornell 4-2 Penn 4-2 Yale 2-4 Harvard 2-4 Columbia 1-5 Brown 0-6 Saturday's results Columbia 35, Cornell 30 Princeton 36, Yale 7 Dartmouth 51 Brown 26 Penn 21 Harvard 19 Next Saturday Penn at Cornell Brown at Columbia Dartmouth at Princeton Yale at Harvard than once in a season. This school gained much fame in the mid-1980's by suffering through a record 47-game winless streak, lasting more than four seasons. "Columbia beat us in every facet of the game today," Hofher said. "They were better on both sides of the ball. I take my hat off to them." Columbia jumped out to a 21-0 lead early in the second quarter and maintained an advantage throughout.

It was a game for those who like to see the ball in the air. Columbia quarterback Chad Andrzejewski completed 33 of 50 passes the most completions ever against a Cornell team for 294 yards and a touchdown. All day, Andrzejewski completed short flares to Columbia receivers in front of Cornell defenders. By FRANK BENSON Journal Staff NEW YORK The Cornell University football express came to a screeching stop Saturday afternoon. And it came at the one place no one expected this engine to derail.

The Big Red's flickering hopes for a second Ivy League football title in three years were extinguished at the home of the Ancient Eight's historic weak sister, the Columbia Lions, 35-30. Gannett News Service called it "the biggest Ivy League upset in years." Newsday, the Long Island-based newspaper called it a Cornell coach Jim Hofher called "disappointing." "Oh, I wouldn't say it was deves-tating," he said. "There are things going on in other parts of the world I'd call devestating. I'd call this a disappointment." It was most points allowed by the Big Red since the 56-7 loss at Stanford last year. It dropped the Red 7-2 on the season and ended Cornell's seven-game win streak.

More importantly, it knocked Cornell out of any chance at an Ivy League title. Princeton clinched at least a tie for the Ancient Eight crown with its win over Yale Saturday and the Big Red now trail by two games with just a week to go. Dartmouth can tie the Tigers with a victory at Princeton in the season finale. Cornell ends its season this Saturday at home against Penn. For Columbia, it was a rebirth.

The Lions, 2-7, had lost six straight until Saturday. The Lions have now won just five games in the last four years. This will be the first season since 1988 the team has won more yards most pass attempts without an interception, game, 59 most passing yards season, 1,965 most passing attempts, season, 284 most total offense, season, 2,111 most most completions, season, 150 most touchdown passes, season, 14 most passing yards, career, 3,426 Lazor also managed to tie Mark Allen's career mark for most touchdowns passes, 22. Lazor was named co-Ivy offensive player of the week and the Eastern College Athletic Conference Division I-AA offensive player of the week. When the game began, it looked like the same old story.

The Big Red kicked off in front of 5,495 on a sunny and cool day at Wein Stadium and Columbia's Mike Mundt stumbled and nearly fell after taking the boot. Then Columbia responded by dropping the first two pass attempts of the game. "We were nervous at the start," Columbia coach Ray Tellier said. "I don't know why." After three plays and a punt, Cornell took over but was stopped after a first down and Geoff Cochrane dropped back to punt. The game turned around on this play.

"A punt block is a play that turns your whole team around," said Tellier. "This was the key play of the game." Cochrane's punt was blocked by Mark Calveric and recovered by Des Werthman at the four-yard See SHOCKER, 3B LION ROARS: Columbia 's Chad Steve Haggerty to the end zone as Mike Sardo caught 13 for 94 yards and six others also caught Andrzejewski tosses. "They (Cornell defenders) gave us a lot of room," said Columbia receiver Casey Blair. "They never came up on us. And Chad was just drilling it." The Columbia quarterback wasn't the only one firing..